What Are Apprenticeships & How We Can Help

All learners will be seamlessly enrolled onto their programmes through our digital enrolment process, we can arrange learner briefing sessions to answer any questions they may have in advance. Their dedicated tutor will then arrange a one to one meeting to offer impartial information, advice, and guidance. They will also deliver an induction to the programme and develop there learning plan.

One to one expert support One to one expert support is provided when and how you need it, face to face, through video calls and telephone, supported by email and SMS. Your tutor will arrange a one to one training and coaching session with each individual learner every month. Our tutors also conduct a LARA (learn, apply, reflect, adapt) session with each learner every month, consolidating their learning and practice. This results in a detailed action plan of learning for the forthcoming month. All of our delivery staff are fully qualified, occupationally competent tutors, trainers and assessors approved by Highfields to deliver the full requirements of the Apprenticeship Standard.

Are Apprenticeship/Diploma package including:

Functional Skills level 1 and 2 in Math’s and English

Care Certificate with Safeguarding, Basic First Aid and Medication Training all delivered as part of their Diploma

e-learning courses are all CPD accredited

Health and Social Care ~ Level 2 Adult Care Worker

This training programme provides an upskilling opportunity that can support career progression within the industry. It is ideal for front-line staff helping adults with care and support needs and workers in residential or nursing homes, domiciliary care, day centres and other clinical healthcare settings.

This apprenticeship focuses on helping you to enhance three main elements in your chosen area – knowledge, skills and behaviours.

The course is delivered by a dedicated Apprenticeship Trainer and a Functional Skills Tutor (if needed). You will learn alongside your Coach through a blended learning approach which can include face-to-face sessions, webinars, Zoom calls, online learning and telephone interactions.

You will complete your apprenticeship with an end-point assessment through a professional discussion and situational judgement test.

Health and Social Care ~ Level 4 Adult Care

The Lead Practitioner in Adult Care will guide and inspire team members to make positive differences to someone’s life when they are faced with physical, practical, social, emotional, psychological or intellectual challenges. They will have achieved a level of self-development to be recognised as a lead practitioner within the care team, contributing to, promoting and sustaining a values-based culture at an operational level.

A Lead Practitioner has a greater depth of knowledge and expertise of particular conditions being experienced by the user of services. They will have specialist skills and knowledge in their area of responsibilities which will allow them to lead in areas such as care needs assessment, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, rehabilitation and enablement, telecare and assistive technology.

They will be a coach and mentor to others and will have a role in assessing performance and quality of care delivery.

Lead Practitioners in Adult Care may work in residential or nursing homes, domiciliary care, day centres, a person’s own home or some clinical healthcare settings.

As well as covering Lead Practitioners in Adult Care this standard also covers Lead Personal Assistants who can work at this senior level but they may only work directly for one individual who needs support and/or care services, usually within their own home.

 

• Care – is caring consistently and enough about individuals to make a positive difference to their lives
• Compassion – is delivering care and support with kindness, consideration, dignity, empathy and respect
• Courage – is doing the right thing for people and speaking up if the individual they support is at risk
• Communication – good communication is central to successful caring relationships and effective team working
• Competence – is applying knowledge and skills to provide high-quality care and support
• Commitment – to improving the experience of people who need care and support ensuring it is person-centred

Examples of job roles include:

• Dementia Lead,  Independence Support Assistant
• Physiotherapy Assistant, Occupational Therapy Assistant, Rehabilitation and Reablement Assistant/Support Workers/Officers
• Public Health Associate Worker, Keeping in Contact Worker, Community Care/Support Officer, Social Care Assessor, Care Assessment Officer, Social Services Officer
• Brokerage Worker, Telecare Assistant and Assistive Technology Coordinator/Officer

Apprenticeships are funded by the Education Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) through approved training providers. Bespoke trainers are a recognised provider of apprenticeships with a subcontracting partnership with prevista who hold a direct contract with the ESFA. We can support employers both large and small with accessing apprenticeship funding.

On 1 May 2017, the funding for apprenticeships was changed. ESFA introduced a co funding model with employers contributing to apprenticeships based on their size.

Levy Employers are those with an annual wage bill of more than £3 million. Levy paying employers access their apprenticeship funding via their online Digital Apprenticeship Service (DAS) account. We work with many levy employers assisting them with setting up and accessing their accounts, analysing, and planning for workforce training needs, recruiting, and monitoring apprentices, monitoring levy spend.